I teach at a Catholic college, and my husband used to teach at one of the elite Jesuit colleges. Trust me, they aren't worth drooling over. The elite Jesuit college was pretty much like small elite liberal arts colleges of all stripes, except the student body was 95% Irish. My large Catholic university has all the woes of large private universities everywhere, and the Catholicism mainly shows up in the form of trying to force professors to tack service learning into every course. Your kid is better off at NYU.

C.'s friend is attending a Jesuit college, come to think of it. Not sure whether it's an elite Jesuit college. C. will know.

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I teach at a Catholic college, and my husband used to teach at one of the elite Jesuit colleges. Trust me, they aren't worth drooling over. The elite Jesuit college was pretty much like small elite liberal arts colleges of all stripes, except the student body was 95% Irish. My large Catholic university has all the woes of large private universities everywhere, and the Catholicism mainly shows up in the form of trying to force professors to tack service learning into every course. Your kid is better off at NYU.

At the elementary school my boys attended, there are no longer any children or students...there are not even any "learners." There are only scholars! This is from their pre-K page, where they are preparing scholars for kindergarten...really???

In Pre-Kindergarten at Obama we believe that the best learning comes from actively engaging in topics that the scholars are learning about. The bulk of the scholar's day comes from Active Learning, which is the opportunity to construct deeper knowlwedge through independent or small group, hands-on experiences. Scholars learn about "Big Ideas" such as change, adaptation and community. Throughout the day scholars will also be engaged in learning letters, letter sounds, alliteration, rhyming, vocabulary and math skills. We work on these skills to prepare scholars for Kindergarten.

Re Catholic college for law school, a friend of mine did just that. Actually, she got her undergraduate degree from Notre Dame and her law degree from Duquesne, so she doubled up on the Catholicism.

Just in case you haven't been paying attention to college sports, Notre Dame is in the BCS championship football game this weekend, yet it graduates almost all of its football players (GSR=97). This year, ND was the first school to achieve #1 ranking in football and #1 ranking in GSR (graduation success rate of athletes) simultaneously. Academically, it is one of the top 20 schools in the US.